Author, popular guest and keynote speaker, blogger, humorist Jo Russell keeps a smile in her life that shines in her writing, which has spanned more than forty years. She has written scores of articles and Christian devotions as well as contributed to a number of anthologies, including Chicken Soup for the Soul. Retired from parenting, teaching school and building trades, Jo shares cheerfulness and hope in a humorous take on a story in the Bible as well as her inspirational stories and devotions. With desination motherhood ahead, Jo became a single mom of now-grown twin sons. Jo lives in a small rural town in northeast Arizona. Check her website for more information as well as a spiritual growth plan in her humorous weekly blogs on http://www.button-to-god.com.